HTC Desire

The HTC Desire was one of two Android phones announced by HTC at Mobile World Congress 2010. It featured a new version of the Sense user interface, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor and a large 3.7-inch touchscreen. The Desire was a Europe-only phone until hitting U.S. Cellular in the summer.

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HTC's more entry level Desire 516 will land in August in Europe to take on Motorola's Moto G and other budget handsets. The phone will be arriving in Austria and Switzerland and will cost around $270 or €199 unlocked and contract-free in either white or grey hues.

Desires 300, 501, 601 and 700 fill out HTC's entry-level and mid-range lineup
HTC has today expanded its mid-range and budget portfolio for its home market of Taiwan, announcing the HTC Desire 300, 501, 601 dual-SIM and 700 dual-SIM. We've already become acquainted with the Desire 300 and 601, recently introduced in Europe as single-SIM phones, but the 501 and 700 appear to be new members of...

A solid budget offering coming to a major prepaid carrier
HTC's new mid-range handset, the Desire 601, is ready to be sold on Virgin Mobile in the U.S. according to a new leaked image. The handset, which we didn't necessarily expect to hit the states, packs a 1.4GHz Snapdragon 400 processor, 1GB of RAM, a 4.5-inch qHD LCD and the latest in Sense 5 features along with Android 4.2.
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HTC Desire series gets LTE, BoomSound and Snapdragon 400 in new hero device
In contrast to last year, HTC has kept its premium “HTC One” branding for only its top two smartphones in 2013, leaving the Desire series to occupy the mid-range and entry-level space. We’ve already seen Desires 200, 500 and 600 arrive in various European territories over the past few months, and now it’s time for a...

HTC 'Desire 200' gets certified in Taiwan, 'Desire 600' spotted in benchmarks
HTC looks set to restore the "Desire" brand for upcoming entry-level phones, according to details spotted across the web. The first comes from Taiwan's NCC certification body, which recently saw new entries for a "Desire 200" handset alongside the model number "102e" -- a number previously tied to the rumored entry-...

The CyanogenMod team has announced that it won't be able to officially support phones powered by first-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon chips in version 9 or 10 of its popular custom firmware. The CM team broke the news on Google+, where it revealed that a combination of hardware limitations and concerns for user experience quality were behind the decision. This means many older Android handsets...

UK satellite broadcaster Sky has announced that it'll be bringing its Sky Go service to selected HTC and Samsung smartphones from February. Sky Go, which has been available on iOS for some time, allows subscribers to view live TV and archived content from certain channels on the on mobile devices.
Initially, Sky will be limiting its roll-out to a handful of (fairly) recent HTC and Samsung...

HTC took a few minutes away from their time at CES and updated the bootloader unlocking tool database with a few more devices this evening, namely the Desire HD and additional versions of the Desire and Wildfire. The list is growing at a nice steady clip, with over 40 listed models and support for other devices not yet listed. Nice job HTC, keep it coming!
Source: HTCdev; via @HTCdev

HTC has released kernel sources for the Rezound, Explorer, and the EVO Shift 4G update for developers to have a play with. In addition, they have let loose the full Desire Gingerbread update for developers and users alike. The kernel source won't be as useful to the average user as it will be for folks who hack away at building their own kernels and custom ROMs, but in the end it's us users...

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